This Day in History: July 14

75 years ago:
1931 - Marjory Miller Whittemore, Chairman, Santa Barbara Branch, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom who wrote a letter to William A. Allen, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, questioned his claim that WILPF gave funds to Soviet Russia for their military resources.

Source: http://www.binghamton.edu/womhist/wilpf/doc22.htm

50 years ago:
1956 – Czech actor Vladimir Kulich was born! He has had at least 23 appearances as an actor in either movies or TV shows.

Sources: http://www.celebrity-link.com/birthday_day-14_month-7.html
http://www.imdb.com

25 years ago:
1981 - American actor Trevor Fehrman was born! He has had at least 6 appearances as an actor in either movies or TV shows.

Sources:
http://www.celebrity-link.com/birthday_day-14_month-7.html
http://www.imdb.com

20 years ago:
1986 - Richard W. Miller became the 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage.

Source: http://timelines.ws/days/07_14.HTML

15 years ago:
1991 - American and Soviet negotiators in Washington continued work on trying to complete a treaty slashing long-range nuclear arsenals.

Source: http://timelines.ws/days/07_14.HTML

10 years ago:
1996 - In Afghanistan the new prime minister, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, closed movie theaters and banned music on TV and radio, claiming that they were repugnant to Islam.

Source: http://timelines.ws/days/07_14.HTML

5 years ago:
2001 - Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan arrived in India for talks on Kashmir and other issues with PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Source: http://timelines.ws/days/07_14.HTML

3 years ago:
2003 - Columnist Robert Novak identified Valerie Plame as a CIA officer. Joseph Wilson, former American ambassador, had earlier alleged (July 6) that Pres. Bush had falsely accused Iraq of trying to buy uranium from Niger. Two White House officials soon called at least 6 Washington journalists and told them that Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, was an undercover CIA agent who had worked in Niger.

Source: http://timelines.ws/days/07_14.HTML

1 year ago:
2005 – U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ending a two-day stay in the hospital, pledged to continue working as long as his health permitted.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/07/13/ap2878279.html

This Day in Religious History:

1773 - The first annual conference of the Methodist Church in America convened at St. George's Church in Philadelphia, PA.

1775 - Anglican clergyman and hymn writer John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The knowledge of God cannot be attained by studious discussion on our parts; it must be by revelation on His part.'

1800 - Birth of Anglican clergyman Matthew Bridges. In 1848 he converted to Catholicism, under the influence of the Oxford Movement in England. He is remembered today for authoring the hymn, 'Crown Him with Many Crowns.'

1833 - Anglican clergyman John Keble preached his famous sermon on national religious apostasy. It marked the beginning of the Oxford Movement, which sought to purify and revitalize the Church of England.

1892 - The Baptist Young People's Union held its first national convention in Detroit. The founding of the BYP Union was inspired by the earlier work of Francis E. Clark, a Congregational pastor who founded the first 'modern' youth fellowship in 1881.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

Ramesh C. Reddy can be reached at reddy4HisGlory2004@yahoo.com

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